SWS Curriculum

Completing the Certificate

To complete the certificate, students must take the foundation course (BAE 532/CE 542 Introduction to Stream Restoration) and at least three credit hours from each of the three primary focus areas: engineering and science, water quality, and policy and management. At least six of the 12 credit hours must be from outside the student’s major area of study (graduate students only) or undergraduate degree discipline (post-baccalaureate only). Courses numbered 400G-499G count toward the certificate only for non-majors.

Engineering and Science

Courses in the engineering and science focus area are taught in the Departments of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geography and Earth and Environmental Sciences. The approved courses for the certificate are:

BAE 536/CE 546 Fluvial Hydraulics

CE 642/BAE 642 Open Channel Flow

CE 643/BAE 643 Mechanics of Sediment Transport

GEO 451G Fluvial Forms and Processes

GEO 721 Biogeomorphology

GEO 731 Earth Surface Systems

EES 585 Hydrogeology

Water Quality

Courses in the water quality focus area are taught in the Departments of Civil Engineering, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Science and Plant and Soil Sciences. The approved courses for the certificate are:

CE 547/BAE 547 Watershed Sedimentation

CE 555 Microbial Aspects of Environmental Engineering

CE 653/BAE 653 Water Quality for Surface Waters

CHE 565 Environmental Chemistry

EES 530 Low Temperature Geochemistry

PLS 450G/NRE 450G Biogeochemistry

PLS 455G/NRE 455G Wetland Delineation

PLS 566 Soil Microbiology

Policy and Management

Courses in the policy and management focus area are taught in the Departments of Agricultural Economics, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Civil Engineering and Economics. The approved courses for the certificate are: